I understand that pricing can vary from one tax professional to another, and I honestly expected $1,000 up to $1,600, but I had to scrape my Jaw off of the floor when I opened the email with my invoice to see that it was $3,000!

I'm running into hangups with code section R302.3.1 which seemingly requires not only the floor separating the units to be fire rated but all the walls below supporting that floor to be fire rated (ie all exterior walls and load bearing interior walls on the first floor), which may mean extremely expensive fire rated windows at the lower unit.  

Match the niche to the floor. 

Quote from @V.G Jason: Quote from @Chris Seveney: @V.G JasonI saw today that 30% of jobs now in this country are federal government or government contractorsWe cannot live off trillions of dollar deficits every year - employment is actually negative this year without the government.People lose jobs = cannot pay homes = homes get sold at discount = reset appraisals / lending… You're not wrong, just the sold at discount part I think the floor is going to be higher than people think.

For example I had my GC purchase paint, countertops, and flooring using his connections who worked at those locations to get a discount.

When I did section 8 and had similar issues, we would buy a $15 floor lamp from Walmart and have installed prior to section 8 inspection. 

It ended up costing us $50,000 in additional expenses across 25 windows because once we changed the windows, we had to bring the framing around the windows up to 2023 code - which required removing the already installed windows and reframing each window down to how the studs were strapped with metal straps down at the floor.  

It may be a gas furnace that has a flame in the basement and that heat eventually rises through the ducts to the 2nd floor.

LIKE in SC the thought of not having a 3% BAC just about floors the agents there.and listing less than 6% same..

Full new paint, new flooring (vinyl plank vs carpet), new cabinets, countertops, fixtures, sinks, tubs, lighting, basic rental grade appliances, etc.